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A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault last week of a 100-year-old woman, Wichita police said Friday. The man was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on suspicion of rape and aggravated burglary, Wichita police Capt. Troy Livingston said. Police would not name the man, but jail and police records identified him as Kasey L. Nesbitt of Wichita. The man was arrested Monday in connection with a separate burglary case, jail records show. He was rebooked into the jail Thursday. Kansas Department of Corrections records show Nesbitt has been in and out of prison since...

For almost a century, Minka Disbrow tried to find out what became of the baby girl she gave up for adoption after being raped as a teenager. She hoped, but never imagined, that she would see her daughter Betty Jane again. Her only connection to the child was a black and white photograph of the baby bundled up in blankets shortly after she was born. Then in 2006, Mrs Disbrow, who turned 100 years old at the end of last month, received a call from Brian Lee who turned out to be her grandson. He then asked if she'd like...

100-Year Gets College Degree.. Just before she Dies This is a touching story out of New Hampshire. Harriet Ames had always wanted to earn her college degree, and at the age of 100 she finally did. Then on Saturday - the day after she

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Mathilda Spak had no illusions about winning the California recall election. But now the 100-year-old woman won't even get to take part in the campaign to unseat Gov. Gray Davis. Spak, the oldest person in the race for the Oct. 7 election, was among 112 people whose applications were dismissed because they were filled out improperly. A total of 135 candidates remain. Spak, whose candidacy was sponsored by the 99 Cents Only Stores after they relaxed their initial requirement that their candidate be 99 years old, apparently did not turn in the required 65 nominating signatures,...